…down on the Brazos. Had a nice thunderstorm roll thru last night that kind of cooled things down. Tonight we have the pleasure of Terry Rasor and his Over the Edge band playing for about 200 bikers. I was very glad to hear that the great Johnny Mack, Master of the Rubboard, is going to be sitting in, too. Of course, the two greatest Texas Musicians you’ve never heard of, Mike Choate and Dirt Stinnett are playing in the band. I’m already cracking the cool ones, and I’m heading down to grab a good seat for the show. Maybe even have a BBQ sammich.

I talked to Terry briefly, and it looks like we’ll have Davin James back this year for Raz on the Braz (Aug. 18-20). Davin’s won about 10,000 awards all across Texas, and he’s from Houston, and he always puts on a super-strong show. John Nitzinger will be here, too — a living freaking legend that can still slay it. Best of all, though, for me — the greatest living Texas Music outlaw, Billy Joe Shaver, our Poet Laureate, will be back — in fact, he’s flying in from a tour stop in Ontario, Canada, to do Raz. I’m smiling and giggly like a schoolgirl.

So, start saving your pennies now. It looks like we’ll have actual online ticket sales this year, after years of begging and pleading. Tentative price will be $40 for the weekend, $20 for a day pass. You can bet I’ll have a link to it.

I hope your weekend is going as good as mine…I just wish The Little Lady wasn’t out slaving away for the unappreciative, unrewarding, indifferent, apathetic Dallas music scene.

MORNING AFTER UPDATE: Oh. My aching head. Need coffee. Breakfast burrito. Ice water. Alleve. Better judgement when someone sticks a flask of hooch in my hand.